{"product_id":"clandestinity-9781646051724","title":"Clandestinity","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this four-story suite, a modern master of Italian literature delves into the wonder and strangeness of the human condition.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEerie, fabulist, and elegant, each of Moresco's stories features a central character at a different time of his life: childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood. In these beautiful and unsettling narratives, a dreamlike logic governs a vivid and strange physical world. In \"Blue Room,\" the adolescent protagonist carries on a voyeuristic relationship with a blind old woman in a mysterious house. In \"The Hole,\" a young boy becomes fascinated by an outhouse toilet, a portal through which he observes bodily wastes, curiosities, and portents. In the title story, an act of violence deepens the nightmarish tones and mood of disorientation. And in \"The King,\" a child narrator-who may or may not be present--witnesses a horrific visit from an exiled ruler.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull of bodily parts, functions, and desires, Moresco's stories distort time and reality to summon a world of carnal immediacy and uncanny haziness. A spectral and unnerving work of art, expertly translated by Richard Dixon, \u003cem\u003eClandestinity\u003c\/em\u003e is a testament to Moresco's genius.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAntonio Moresco was born in Mantua and lives in Milan. Considered one of the founders of modern Italian literature, \u003cem\u003eClandestinity\u003c\/em\u003e is his first collection of short stories. He has gone on to publish several more books, among them the short novel \u003cem\u003eLa cipolla (The Onion)\u003c\/em\u003e, the autobiographical \u003cem\u003eLettere a nessuno (Letters to No One), \u003c\/em\u003e and his 500-page novel \u003cem\u003eGli esordi (The Beginning)\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eDistant Light \u003c\/em\u003ewas published by Archipelago in 2013.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRichard Dixon lives and works in Italy. His translations include works by Umberto Eco, Roberto Calasso, Carlo Emilio Gadda, Paolo Volponi and Stefano Massini.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Deep Vellum Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50496194085138,"sku":"9781646051724","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bfc2a860-4bf8-4007-85a7-808903c3795a.jpg?v=1730691761","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/clandestinity-9781646051724","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}